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Stumbling Stones Nieuwe Hilstraat

'A HUMAN BEING IS FORGOTTEN ONLY WHEN HIS NAME IS FORGOTTEN'
(Talmud)

Here in Dordrecht three Stumbling Stones were laid on June 16, 2022 for:

ISRAËL KATAN, murdered on November 19, 1942 in Auschwitz.

ELISABETH KATAN-COHEN, murdered on October 9, 1943 in Westerbork.

SALOMON COHEN, murdered on November 19, 1942 in Auschwitz.

Here in Dordrecht one Stumbling Stone was laid on December 1, 2022 for:

BERNARD VAN DAM, murdered on November 19, 1942 in Auschwitz.

These Stumbling Stones are here for Jewish war victims, deported and murdered in the Second World War.

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne